Sunday we took a drive to the group campground at Wyndham-Carseland PP. Along the road before the entrance to the park we spotted what I assume to be a Heron...
There were 10 birds standing around the nests at the end of last March. Once leaves are fully out the nests cannot be seen from the road. Bill W.H.Walker ...
As many birders in the Calgary area know, I band Great Horned Owlets in the nest each and every spring. The project is in its ninth year and has grown beyond...
We spotted a Gryfalcon in Hawrelak park that today! He was right in the main parking lot area by the ice rink. Jasper, 8, my resident bird expert identified...
I stopped briefly in Exshaw today and saw a Stellar's Jay as well as two Clarke's Nutcrackers. Later I ran across a flock of about 200 Bohemian Waxwings near...
Hi everyone, A couple of weeks of very warm weather here in southern Alberta has brought a few signs of spring. The warm, strong winds have opened up large ...
I received this email from a friend of mine in Victoria. I wondered if what she's seeing might be crows mobbing a raptor, but perhaps others have an...
Hi Calgarian who wrote from "Lotus Land", Victoria where Joy and I now reside. From your note, sounds like a group of Northwestern crows mobbing an owl,...
Last Wednesday, I had 2 Ravens fighting on the ground on my front lawn with half a dozen Magpies egging them on. What a raucous bunch with the Ravens locking...
Went out today and covered several hundred kilometers of Northern Alberta looking for owls with Ray Cromie, Gord Court, Trevor Roper, John Moore, & Jim...
On the 25-26 Jan, Ray Cromie and group headed up to this area. He reports: "Trevor Roper, John Moore and I set off early 6;30 Tues day morning to search for...
Hi all. We have noticed this winter a noticeable decrease in Evening and Pine Grosbeak numbers. To date we have only noticed at most 6 Pine and 2 or 3 Evening ...
Hello All Not much has changed since my last posting. Not many postings and no new species to add to the provincial winter total. Not many postings for...
A walk from Burnsmead to Hull's Woods in Fish Creek Provincial Park in Calgary on Sunday, February 6, produced 120 Canada Geese, 500 Mallards, 100 Common...
Mr. Willy Williams at 10324-166 Ave Edmonton has a Sharp-tailed Grouse coming to his back yard. He doesn't mind people coming over, just that they try not to...
... From: Stan Gosche To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 11:10 PM Subject: Fw: Edmonton Nature Club Upcoming Event Feb 18 ... From:...
This morning looked from Calgary like a good one to drive to Exshaw to try to find Gray-crowned Rosy Finches. Linda heard on the radio that high winds were...
Andrew Slater
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Feb 9, 2005 6:51 pm
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Jackie and I spent a couple of hours SW of Pridis on or near Plumbers Road. Birds seen: 6 Pine Grosbeak 4 Blue Jay 1 Bald Eagle 1 Rough-legged hawk 15 Common...
Hi all , I went out on Sunday searching for Snowy Owls and found only one on Highway 9 opposite the Dalroy turnoff. Yesterday on a site visit to some oil wells...
Cold Lake had it's first winter and 2005 report of a Northern Saw-whet Owl on Sunday 6 Feb. Barry Machan reports "Was outside and a large flock of about 20 ...
The Wildbird General store Hotline/[aka Jim Lange] mentions it and states that they have a photo at the store. To bad there is not more info passed between...
Yesterday Walter and Lois Zwick went to the alley behind 2732 Cochrane Rd. NW Calgary to investigate the report of a strange bird visiting the feeders of Faye...
Milton Spitzer
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Feb 11, 2005 8:37 pm
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Fellow Birders, Sorry for being absent lately, but really haven't been seeing too much out of the ordinary along the mainline between Biggar and Wainwright. ...
